Ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic Dynasty was known for its long tradition of incestuous royal marriages. Generation after generation, Ptolemies married Cleopatras, with many of the...
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...
In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...
Murasaki Shikibu (10th-11th century Japan)
"Do what you like, but not until you have collected your thoughts and considered the matter more calmly."
From Murasaki...
Hesiod (flourished c. 8th century BCE)
"Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man,
Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good.
Inhibition attaches to...
Sima Xiangru (179-117 BCE)
"In this world there must first be extraordinary men before there can be extraordinary deeds, and there must be extraordinary deeds...
This painting, by the American artist Peter Frederick Rothermel (c. 1812-1895), depicts the explorer, Christopher Columbus, in an audience with his patron, Queen Isabella...
(Fidel Castro arrives MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C., c. 1959, via Creative Commons)
In December, 1956, Fidel Castro and more than eighty armed guerrilla fighters...
